Treatment of epidural morphine induced pruritus with butorphanol

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-182

  Yokoyama, Yae ^a   Yokoyama, Tadashi ^a   Nagao, Yasuyuki ^a   Nakagawa, Tatsushi ^a   Magaribuchi, Tatsuo ^a  

^a Ako City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Butorphanol; Epidural morphine; Pruritus

Indexed keywords

BUTORPHANOL; MORPHINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRURITUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; BUTORPHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE DERIVATIVES; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 60749087929     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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